Letter to the editor

Adrian Devine, in his response to my "All too common Bush-bashing rhetoric," accuses me of "failing to interject any of the positive results seen in Iraq." I'd be most happy to stand by and await word from Adrian, listing these "positive results," because at this stage, the only result we can be positive of is that it has been a thoroughly botched endeavor. Devine praises Cal Thomas's contention that while Bush and Tony Blair "Get It", the majority of the British and American people do not. Perhaps he's right, because most of us are having a hard time "getting" why we invaded Iraq to get to Osama Bin Laden. Well, we did get rid of Saddam, who is currently being tried for murder in an Iraqi court..in which he at times appears to be the man in charge. Mr. Devine goes on to accuse Al Gore of treason for "lambasting America" in a speach in Saudi Arabia. I thought he was lambasting the Bush Administration, but to each his own I suppose. Devine coupled this by including Cindy Sheehan whom he apparently also considers to be traitor. Well, why not. She did, after all, raise a ruckus about losing her son in what she believed to be a contrived and illegal war. Shame on her.

There's not much point in trying to make sense of this entangled mess. Adriane Devine is as adamant in his belief that the invasion of Iraq was justified as I am that it was premature and generated by false information, knowingly or not. I would not deny his right to his opinion nor would I question his patriotism. My letter had more to do with the lack of preparedness in dealing with the multitude of problems that arose once the country was under our control....sort of. As to the validity of the invasion, I'm sure future historians will be just as divided as we are now, and hopefully less combatant.

George Morin
Auburn